Major Ben Uzzell Jr.
b. 20 November 1806, d. 8 August 1882
- Father: Major Benjamin Uzzell b. circa 1774, d. 1841
- Mother: Rebecca Kilpatrick Dunn b. circa 1782, d. 6 May 1878
- Major Ben Uzzell Jr. was born on 20 November 1806 in Wayne County, North Carolina.
- He married Margaret Bryan circa 1830 in North Carolina.
- Major Ben Uzzell Jr. and Margaret Bryan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Greene County, North Carolina. Other members of the household included John C. Uzzell, Edna Jane Uzzell, Smitha Ruth Uzzell, Elizabeth Caroline Uzzell, Calvin Dunn Uzzell, Narcissa Uzzell, Elisha Bryan Uzzell and Lucretia Jeanette Uzzell.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- Major Ben Uzzell Jr. and Margaret Bryan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Texas, enumerated next to Major Ben's brother Elisha.. Other members of the household included Calvin Dunn Uzzell, Narcissa Uzzell, Elisha Bryan Uzzell, Lucretia Jeanette Uzzell and William Lewis Uzzell.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- Major Ben Uzzell Jr. became a widower at the 26 July 1869 death of his wife Margaret Bryan.
- Major Ben Uzzell Jr. appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Danville PO, Montgomery County, Texas, enumerated next to John Ellis and his widowed half-sister Margaret Johnson Fralick and her children. Although Margaret Bryan Uzzell is listed in the household in the 1870 census, apparently she died in July 1869.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
- He married Margaret A. Johnson, daughter of (?) Johnson and Unknown (?), on 18 November 1870 in Montgomery County, Texas.
- Elisha Bryan Uzzell and Julia Ann Reed appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Major Ben Uzzell Jr., William Albert Uzzell, Bryant Uzzell, Louella Uzzell, Major B. Uzzell, Smithie Corine Uzzell, Maggie Uzzell, John Calvin Uzzell and Claude L. Uzzell. Daughter Lucretia, who would have been age 11, is not included in the enumeration. Major Ben's wife Margaret Johnson Fralick is enumerated in another household in Montgomery, with her half-brother John Ellis.
- Major Ben Uzzell Jr. died on 8 August 1882 at age 75 in Montgomery County, Texas.
- He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 26 Oct 2014
Family 1: Margaret Bryan b. 14 April 1810, d. 26 July 1869
- John C. Uzzell b. circa 1830
- Edna Jane Uzzell+ b. 22 November 1831, d. 3 October 1886
- Smitha Ruth Uzzell b. 6 January 1834, d. 20 May 1880
- Elizabeth Caroline Uzzell+ b. 29 June 1836, d. 18 June 1920
- Calvin Dunn Uzzell+ b. 22 December 1838, d. 24 March 1921
- Narcissa Uzzell b. circa 1841
- Elisha Bryan Uzzell+ b. 26 December 1843, d. 25 May 1928
- Lucretia Jeanette Uzzell+ b. 14 April 1849, d. 31 December 1926
- William Lewis Uzzell+ b. 12 August 1853, d. 15 May 1925